Ellie, the Cabbitzilla
I send greetings from the HME. I'm writing to you in hopes that we can be of aid to you, and that in return we could truly prosper and build under the banner of a strong and honorable alliance.
Time has begun taking it's toll on our membership, and some have moved on to other activities. In roughly three days we will be losing a member due to RL concerns even as we continue the process of rebuilding our membership. Given the dynamics in play with the larger meta alliances, it no longer seems likely that we can be triumphant alone; we've reached the point where we need to join a larger organization in order to reach our full potential. It's with this thought in mind that I have come to your doorstep.
We refuse to die. It is simply not an option. So we seek to become more than just ourselves.
To be direct about it, I'm attempting to find a home for the entirety of the HME... either as a junior wing or as parts of existing wings. At our core is a group of RL friends who came to Travian from an online forum; as such we contain a tight knit group that has expanded to encompass new friends made in-game. Our populations range from 4.9k to 125; our two smallest members are new players, both of which have grown well in the short time they've been with us. We've two members who've had problems with raiders; both situations are being worked on and will hopefully be resolved soon. Further details will await asking; I don't want to irritate things by flooding you with miniscule details. A charting of our locations can be found here: http://travmap.shishnet.org/map.php?lang=en&server=s1.travian.us&alliance=HME&groupby=player&casen=on&format=png&
Would it be possible to open a dialogue to these ends? I will await your response.
Cordially,
~Ellie, the Cabbitzilla
~Commander of the HME
Time has begun taking it's toll on our membership, and some have moved on to other activities. In roughly three days we will be losing a member due to RL concerns even as we continue the process of rebuilding our membership. Given the dynamics in play with the larger meta alliances, it no longer seems likely that we can be triumphant alone; we've reached the point where we need to join a larger organization in order to reach our full potential. It's with this thought in mind that I have come to your doorstep.
We refuse to die. It is simply not an option. So we seek to become more than just ourselves.
To be direct about it, I'm attempting to find a home for the entirety of the HME... either as a junior wing or as parts of existing wings. At our core is a group of RL friends who came to Travian from an online forum; as such we contain a tight knit group that has expanded to encompass new friends made in-game. Our populations range from 4.9k to 125; our two smallest members are new players, both of which have grown well in the short time they've been with us. We've two members who've had problems with raiders; both situations are being worked on and will hopefully be resolved soon. Further details will await asking; I don't want to irritate things by flooding you with miniscule details. A charting of our locations can be found here: http://travmap.shishnet.org/map.php?lang=en&server=s1.travian.us&alliance=HME&groupby=player&casen=on&format=png&
Would it be possible to open a dialogue to these ends? I will await your response.
Cordially,
~Ellie, the Cabbitzilla
~Commander of the HME
Aelfric, High Grand Master of the Order, responded positively. At this point the membership of the HME was notified:
Ellie, the Cabbitzilla
Okay folks, this is... difficult for me, but it really does need to be done.
The HME has gone as far as it's going to go. Losing Balcerzak, after losing so many before him, will drop our ranking considerably... at which point the larger alliances would shred us and pick and choose among the survivors. I can't allow that to happen; I swore to protect the HME and her people to the best of my ability.
I've opened a dialogue with the the leader of one of the multi-wing alliances - The Order - with the intent of either becoming an additional wing or all of us being absorbed into the existing wings. This is an all or nothing deal; they have to take -all- of us or doesn't happen.
Aelfic seems amenable to the idea. I suspect he's sounding out the wing leaders to see if we would remain a group or if we'd become parts of the existing wings
The HME has gone as far as it's going to go. Losing Balcerzak, after losing so many before him, will drop our ranking considerably... at which point the larger alliances would shred us and pick and choose among the survivors. I can't allow that to happen; I swore to protect the HME and her people to the best of my ability.
I've opened a dialogue with the the leader of one of the multi-wing alliances - The Order - with the intent of either becoming an additional wing or all of us being absorbed into the existing wings. This is an all or nothing deal; they have to take -all- of us or doesn't happen.
Aelfic seems amenable to the idea. I suspect he's sounding out the wing leaders to see if we would remain a group or if we'd become parts of the existing wings
Talks continued, and tentative plans were hammered into reality. The merger is agreed upon.
Ellie, the Cabbitzilla
This may well be the most difficult message I've ever had to type.
THe HME is done. Given the game dynamics, there is no way to recover alone. Knowing that, I've made arrangements that will ensure that -every- member of the HME has a 'home' to go to. That set of letters was a strain to write, but it needed to be done. This one is agony.
The HME will be folded into the ranks of The Order. They can be found as *ORDER*, -ORDER-, +ORDER+, [Order] and #ORDER#. If there's someplace else you want to go, then you should go there now; HME is going to be vanishing in the next few days. For those that will accept this, High Grand Master Aelfric has passed back to me instructions to pass on to each of you:
Members with a population under 700 need to contact Comatose, the head of [Order]. This is the Academy wing of The Order, there to help players grow until the required population mark. This affects the following players: Seirian, Fufty, Sandraugiga, Amoshi, Jaes, Jasman, Tinkerbob, Cryllia, Stephen260, and Solid Scooter. Make me proud, darlings, and grow strong.
Members with a population over 700 are instructed to contact the Grandmaster of the Order wing nearest to them. We're going to end up being spread out simply because of the cap of 60 members in each wing. Choose a wing and contact that Headmaster; identify yourself as an HME member and that you are doing as instructed. Be polite, be courteous... that person's going to be your new boss.
... *sigh* I'm sorry for the suddenness of this, my darlings. We truly have no other options; losing Balcerzak is a crippling blow. Make me proud, that's really all I ask. You're good folk, each and every one of you, and I'm glad I had a chance, even for a little while, to be your leader.
Now go get yourselves signed up with the appropriate people. Clear skies to you, warriors of the HME. I'm going to go find some kleenex.
~Ellie, the Cabbitzilla
THe HME is done. Given the game dynamics, there is no way to recover alone. Knowing that, I've made arrangements that will ensure that -every- member of the HME has a 'home' to go to. That set of letters was a strain to write, but it needed to be done. This one is agony.
The HME will be folded into the ranks of The Order. They can be found as *ORDER*, -ORDER-, +ORDER+, [Order] and #ORDER#. If there's someplace else you want to go, then you should go there now; HME is going to be vanishing in the next few days. For those that will accept this, High Grand Master Aelfric has passed back to me instructions to pass on to each of you:
Members with a population under 700 need to contact Comatose, the head of [Order]. This is the Academy wing of The Order, there to help players grow until the required population mark. This affects the following players: Seirian, Fufty, Sandraugiga, Amoshi, Jaes, Jasman, Tinkerbob, Cryllia, Stephen260, and Solid Scooter. Make me proud, darlings, and grow strong.
Members with a population over 700 are instructed to contact the Grandmaster of the Order wing nearest to them. We're going to end up being spread out simply because of the cap of 60 members in each wing. Choose a wing and contact that Headmaster; identify yourself as an HME member and that you are doing as instructed. Be polite, be courteous... that person's going to be your new boss.
... *sigh* I'm sorry for the suddenness of this, my darlings. We truly have no other options; losing Balcerzak is a crippling blow. Make me proud, that's really all I ask. You're good folk, each and every one of you, and I'm glad I had a chance, even for a little while, to be your leader.
Now go get yourselves signed up with the appropriate people. Clear skies to you, warriors of the HME. I'm going to go find some kleenex.
~Ellie, the Cabbitzilla
After discussions with Timeless (-ORDER-) and Aelfric (*ORDER*), this is the tentative merger list:
Quote:
>- *ORDER*
2806 - Xevlin (Planning to go to Berserk)
754 - Scorpius
>- -ORDER-
5080 - Cabbitzilla
1498 - Targe
1148 - ZeroHoly
1134 - Dryskle
Have 2 candidates from BLKHRS coming in
+ORDER+
>-- Academy
680 - Seirian
659 - Fufty (Tentatively planning to go to NA SW)
622 - Sandraugiga
580 - Amoshi
503 - Jaes
478 - Jasman
425 - Tinkerbob
412 - Cryllia
203 - Stephen260
126 - Solid Scooter
>-- Deleting, abandoned or unknown
6149 - Balcerzak
xxxx - Legions
xxxx - Luciferx
2806 - Xevlin (Planning to go to Berserk)
754 - Scorpius
>- -ORDER-
5080 - Cabbitzilla
1498 - Targe
1148 - ZeroHoly
1134 - Dryskle
Have 2 candidates from BLKHRS coming in
+ORDER+
>-- Academy
680 - Seirian
659 - Fufty (Tentatively planning to go to NA SW)
622 - Sandraugiga
580 - Amoshi
503 - Jaes
478 - Jasman
425 - Tinkerbob
412 - Cryllia
203 - Stephen260
126 - Solid Scooter
>-- Deleting, abandoned or unknown
6149 - Balcerzak
xxxx - Legions
xxxx - Luciferx
I believe that the Orderis preparing to spawn a sixth wing with some of their middle-ish people since all five of the existing wings are near maximum capacity.
I... I'm sorry. I kept it going as long as I could.
~Ellie
